Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden

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Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Bandai (JP), ??? (FR), Ecofilmes (PT)
Developer:
Genre: Action

















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Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden (ドラゴンボールＺ 武勇列伝) is a 1994 fighting game by Bandai for the Sega Mega Drive made with the Dragon Ball Z license released exclusively in Japan — and for some odd reason, France, where it was renamed Dragon Ball Z: L'Appel du Destin.

The game was also distributed in Portugal where it is simply called Dragon Ball Z. The distributor, Ecofilmes, would take Japanese copies of the game, replace the cover and the manual (but keep the cart), and sell the game as is, promising a free converter cart as the Japanese cartridges cannot fit into European Mega Drives. When the French version came out, they switched to using that version instead. Both versions are now very rare.

The game is a typical fighting game. A punches, B kicks, Up jumps, and various combination moves can be done by holding the various controller buttons together. The C button is used to switch between staying on land and flying in the sky.

An unique feature in this game is that both characters will always be on-screen simultaneously — leading to the game doing vertical split-screen with scrolling, rotating split screen, and various other neat tricks the Mega Drive was not known for doing (accomplished using various tricks with VDP layer management). This feature is in fact required by some of the strongest moves (which require both players to be far away from each other).

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
83 №31, p44/45
81 №21, p52/53/54
Sega Mega Drive
 82
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[1]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
65
[2]
Consoles + (FR)
85
[3]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
89
[4]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
83
[5]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
77
[6]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J
80
[7]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
59
[8]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
75
[9]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
81
[10]
Player One (FR)
80
[11]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
64
[12]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
62
[13]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-J
82
[14]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[15]
Todo Sega (ES)
87
[16]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
82
[17]
Sega Mega Drive
 75
Based on
17 reviews

Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
Mega Drive, FR
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Cover
Mega Drive, PT
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Cover
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Cart
  1. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 63
  2. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-08), page 18
  3. ↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 90
  4. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 110
  5. ↑ Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 44
  6. ↑ Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 44
  7. ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 28
  8. ↑ Mega Fun, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-18), page 103
  9. ↑ MegaTech, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 44
  10. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-28), page 52
  11. ↑ Player One, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 32
  12. ↑ Sega Power, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-07), page 66
  13. ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-14), page 60
  14. ↑ Sega Zone, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-xx), page 16
  15. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  16. ↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 44
  17. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 57
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